Truck.



W. H. BROWN.

TRUCK.

APPLIUATIoN FILED DB0. 24, 1912.

` 1,096,350, Patented May12, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 24, 1912. 4Serial No. 738,457.

To all whom t may concern: A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los =Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented acer-I tain new and useful Improvement inTrucks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a truck particularly for handling andtransporting large and bulky articles, especially large and heavy rollsof paper such as are used in newspaper and other publishing plants. Inorder thatthe nature and object of this invention may be fullyunderstood, it may be stated that the damage to such paper rolls, as aresult of carelessly dumping them from the Vehicles in which they arecarried, is very large, inasmuch as the edges of the rolls becomecrushed and such crushed and crumpled portions of the paper must be cutofi' because they will not pass through the press. Again, no smalldamage to the edges of the rolls is occasioned by the lips of theordinary trucks which, when forced under the paper edge, tear or rendera good portion uniit for use.

Objects of this invention, therefore, are,

to provide a truckupon which the paper rolls may be deposited directlyfrom the delivery wagons; in which the edges of the rolls are alwaysguarded, and by means of whichthe paper rolls may be set in uprightposition without using the edges of the same as pivots for this purpose.These and other objects are accomplished by the truck represented in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1, is a side elevation, showing the truck embodying my invention,and a roll of paper carried thereby. Fig. 2, is a side elevation,showing the platform of the truck in tilted position, and the operativeposition of the lip for holding the paper roll on the platform, dottedlines indicating the position of the lip after the roll has been raisedto vertical position, and Fig. 3, is a sectionall elevation on lines aa,Fig. 1.

- The truck consists of a frame 1supported at its forward end by wheels2, journaled on an axle 3, and at its lrear end -by legs 4. On atrunnion 5, mounted in suitable bearings 6, on the frame, is a-platformor bed 7, which consists of ay channel iron 8, and substantiallyV-shaped braces 9, to the ends of which are fastened longitudinalsupporting rods 10, which are arranged to give lateral support to a rollof paper. The end. 10, of these supporting rods are slightly curveddownwardly and are designed to rest on the ground or floor when the bedis tilted to the position shown in Fig. 2. Pivotally mounted in andextending beyond the end of said channel iron 8, is a lip 11, having anelongated end 12, for the purpose of holding said lip in position forengagement by a roll when the bed is tilted. The movement of a r oll ofpaper on the supporting rods 10, is lm nted, as seen, by the lip 11,which is sufciently large to prevent the weight of the roll frominjuring the edges thereof. When the roll is gradually lifted from theposition shown in Fig. 2, the lin 11, will gradually remove fromengagement with the edge of the roll, as this edge, following thecurvature of the ends 10', of the supporting rods 10, moves in theopposite direction from that of the said lip 11. At the time, therefore,that the lip has escaped from the edge of the roll, the roll will be insubstantially vertical position, thus preventing injury to the edges ofthe roll when it iinally comes to rest. It will be obvious that wheretwo or more rolls of paper of smaller length than a full roll aredeposited on the truck platform, they may be set in upright position inexactly the same manner as the large rolls.

What I claim, is: I

1. A truck for paper rolls and the like comprising a frame, a bedpivotally mounted on said frame and extending beyond the' end of thesame, and a lip pivoted in and extending beyond the forward end of saidbed to hold a roll of paper thereon when tilted, said lip automatlcallyremoving from the edge of the roll when said roll is raised to verticalposition.

2. A truck for paper rolls and the like, comprising a frame having apair of wheels, a bed pivotally mounted on said frame and consisting ofconnected supporting rods and a channel iron disposed between said rods,said rods having their ends slightly curved downwardly, and a lippivotcd in the forward end of and extending beyond said bed to hold aroll of paper on said bed when tilted, said lip being arranged toautomaticall remove from the edge of said roll when saidyrollis raisedto vertical position.

3. A truck for paper rolls and the like, comprising a frame havinga pairof wheels,

Patented May 12, 1914.

and handles', a trunnion on said frame, a pluin tilted position, andbeing arranged to aurality of braces one of Which is fastened totomatically remove from engagement With said trunnion, a `channel ironcarried censaid roll When said roll is raised to vertical trally of saidbraces and forming a central position. 5 support for said roll, aplurality of rods In testimony whereof I have set my hand 15 alsocarried by said braces anu forming a in the presence of two Witnesses.lateral support for said roll, said rods hav- WILLIAM H. BROWN. ingtheir ends curved downwardly, and a lip Witnesses:

ivoted in and extending beyond the end of WALTER C. MARsToN, 1-0 saidchannel iron to support the paper roll CATHERINE M. BURKE.

